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Daniel G Opperwall
Feb 26, 20198 min read
Baseball and the Infinite
[George Mullin, c. 1909] Chapter 8 of Alasdair MacIntyre’s classic, After Virtue, treats in part the problem of the social sciences, and...
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Daniel G Opperwall
May 5, 20184 min read
On Becoming Wine
[Bunch of Grapes, by Andrew John Henry Way, 1873] To make a jug of wine, a grape seed must first have gone into the ground and died in...
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Daniel G Opperwall
Apr 4, 20185 min read
The Theology of Dostoevsky
(Dostoevky's Grave, St Petersburg) The following is a lightly edited version of my final remarks to the students for a course at Trinity...
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Daniel G Opperwall
Feb 8, 20187 min read
The Forgotten Discipline of Rest
(George Cole, Harvesters at Rest) God is a God of action, of work, of doing. In the story of Genesis, God spends the vast majority of the...
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Daniel G Opperwall
Jan 5, 20187 min read
Thabor
Fr Luke lifted the hat brim from his eyes. He did not sit up right away, but shifted slightly until the hammock swayed under him. The...
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Daniel G Opperwall
Dec 2, 20173 min read
Fall Swallow
(Image by: Umairkhan9616 [cc]) The swallow had circled the horizon twice already, and not said a word. I stood, just wondering why it...
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Daniel G Opperwall
Nov 10, 20171 min read
Studying Patristics at Trinity College, Toronto
This month, a video from me on my approach to studying patristics at the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College in Toronto. Hope...
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Daniel G Opperwall
Oct 3, 20175 min read
Grief: Love
(Photo © Daniel G Opperwall; all rights reserved) Love is often festal. A baby is born to tears of joy, grows, laughs as she is tossed...
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Daniel G Opperwall
Aug 11, 20175 min read
Contemplation (and a Rose)
(Painting from a Ruysch Still Life) Contemplation (and a Rose) It was through the back alley that I was walking, that alley that is lined...
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Daniel G Opperwall
Aug 10, 20171 min read
WE PRAY Teaching resources
Daniel's recent children's book We Pray is perfect for building a Sunday-school or home-school lesson on prayer. Here you'll find some...
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Daniel G Opperwall
Aug 10, 20171 min read
Envy (poem; adults)
(Painting: Menageot--Envy Plucking the Wings of Fame) Envy- You, like string upon a needle fine that through the eyelid in a stroke is...
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Daniel G Opperwall
May 8, 20179 min read
Sleep Thoughts Next to a Little Girl (humour essay; adults)
[This is a bit of an old one, but I've always been fond of it.] Sometimes on nights when my daughter does not wish to close her eyes, I...
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